| Do you like to spend your time in the wild | | | | quickly. Most tents can be set up by one person |
| outdoors? If you do, then you probably know | | | | in minutes with the help of these poles and the |
| that backpacking tents can be a backpacker's | | | | color-coded snaps on the tent body. |
| best friend. Of course, there are alternative ways | | | | You can be assured of a dry night once you set |
| of spending a night in the woods. For instance, | | | | the tent up. Modern backpacking tents have |
| many fast and light hikers rely on bags to keep | | | | waterproof and seam-sealed rain flies, so you |
| themselves warm. They do this by nesting in their | | | | won't wake up at 3am to that tell-tale |
| sleeping bags and eschewing a tent all together. | | | | drip-drip-drip of a leaking seam. They also allow |
| The problem is that these weight watchers often | | | | the moisture and condensation from your breath |
| wake up in sleeping bags soaked with | | | | to carry outside because these backpacking tents |
| condensation, even if the sky was clear all night. | | | | are ventilated. This means that you can avoid wet |
| Hikers who spend the night under ultra light tarps | | | | tent walls in the morning. The vestibule is another |
| or in hammocks can find themselves flooded out | | | | handy, common feature that allows you to leave |
| when it starts to rain. | | | | your muddy boots and pack outside your tent |
| Modern backpacking tents are different from the | | | | but still out of the rain. |
| heavy, leaking, cumbersome shelters of the past. | | | | Backpacking tents may also be equipped with |
| The latest types are constructed from nylon | | | | gear lofts, utilizing the extra space at the top of |
| shells and fiberglass or carbon-fiber poles. This | | | | the tent's dome for storage of small items and |
| means that today's backpacking tents are smaller | | | | bags. Some tents have attachment points for |
| and lighter than ever before. There will be no | | | | flashlights or lanterns. However, you should make |
| more hassling with mismatched tent poles in the | | | | sure to keep sources of flame or heat away |
| middle of the night because most manufacturers | | | | from the synthetic materials. The small pouches |
| now string their break-down poles with bungee | | | | that are sewn into the inside of the tent serve as |
| cords which allow the pieces to snap together | | | | handy places for pocket change or eyeglasses. |